On (15 Nov 99) Will Honea wrote to Dave Davidson...

Hi Will,

 WH> Odds on, you have com3 sharing an IRQ (4) with Com1 and com4 sharing
 WH> an IRQ (3) with com2.  OS/2 will not allow this - gotta have unique
 WH> IRQ's or one of the boards supported by SIO to share IRQ's.  If there
 WH> is no mouse on com1/com2, you might sneak by if you tell SIO what IRQ
 WH> to use (com3,3e8,4) (com4,2e8,3).  That used to work at lower speeds
 WH> but I haven't tried it in a while.

OK, this leads to a question that most probably belongs in OS2HW, but
I'll keep it brief here.

How come I can't seem to get the motherboard com ports working with OS/2
Warp 4?  I always have to disable them and put in a serial card.
Meanwhile, DOS and the dominant OS seem to see and work with them just
fine.

This has been the case with more than one motherboard, anything from a
486VIP to my current VA-503+.  Is there a secret that I don't know
about?

Thanks,


TTYL,

Stephen
Team OS/2, Team GEOS
OS/2 & New Deal Office 98 - A great combination.

... 90% of being smart is knowing what you're dumb at.

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